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Reading Maxine Kumin in quarantine solitude, I’ve found something familiar in the way that little details come alive when larger, flashier things have fallen away. Kumin is known for quiet, observational poems, and “Winter’s Tale,” published in The Atlantic in 2009, is quiet both in style and subject matter. “Even …

The WNBA is serious about justice for those victimized by police brutality. During the league’s opening game on Saturday (July 25), every player from the New York Liberty and Seattle Storm walked off the court during the national anthem. Both teams then held a 26-second moment of silence for Breonna …

Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) A school district in Virginia has voted that a high school named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will be renamed for Georgia Rep. John Lewis, who died on July 17. CNN reports that the Fairfax County School Board allowed people to submit suggestions for …

Naya Rivera’s ex-husband and father of her son Josey has broken his silence about the Glee star’s death with a heartbreaking Instagram post. “This is so unfair…there’s not enough words to express the hole left in everyone’s hearts. I can’t believe this is life now,” Ryan Dorsey’s post began. It …

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Marlon Wayans is paying tribute to his late mother Elvira on what would have been her 82nd birthday (July 23). The comedian, who shares his birthday with his mom, took to his Instagram account to post two emotional homages to her. “Losing you shattered me into 1000 pieces I’m putting …

Photo: Logan Cyrus (Getty Images) Black athletes and entertainers are standing up in a major way to make sure the voices of Black people matter in this year’s elections. More Than A Vote, a group founded by LeBron James and others in June to fight against voter suppression, says it …

The Wilsons have expanded by one! Ciara and Russell Wilson announced that they have welcomed their second child, a baby boy, on Thursday (July 23) with a video from the delivery room posted to Instagram. In the clip, Ciara is seen singing “Happy Birthday” to the newborn. RELATED: Pregnant Ciara …

Twin fashion designers Corianna (Coco) and Brianna (Breezy) Dotson have selected 10 of their favorite Black-owned brands for a new retail pop-up. The Beyoncé-approved designers launched the Coco & Breezy x American Express at SHOWFIELDS curation on July 24th. “We had the vision to curate a shop filled with all …

Image: Shutterstock/Drew Angerer (Getty Images) As part of its ongoing campaign to flood American cities with federal police all too willing to do the President’s violent bidding, not to mention drag the country’s institutions of government further into absurdity, the Trump Administration is now decrying the loss of the children’s …